Rail tie and clamp



O. R. VAN SlCK LE.

RAIL TIE AND CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.14. 1921,

1,381, 145 I Patented June 14, 1921.

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Application filed March 14, 1921.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern p Be it known that I, ORsoN R. VAN SIonLn, acitizen of the United States, anda resident of Toledo, in the county ofLucas and State of Ohio, have made an Invention Appertaining to Bail Tieand Clamp; and I do hereby declare the following to exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to railway ties and rail clamping means therefor,and particularly to those of the metallic type.

The object of the invention is the provision of a strong and durable tieof the class described, which is easy, cheap and simple to manufactureand is provided with simple and efiicient means for attaching a railthereto.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, andwhile in its broader aspect it is capable of embodiment in numerousforms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure l is a perspective view of a tie embodying the invention, with apart broken away and with a rail clamped thereto. F 2 is a cross-section011 the line 22 in Fig. 1. and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 inReferring to the drawings, 1 designates a tie embodying the invention,and 2 a rail mounted thereon. The tie is of comparatively thin metalconstruction, being preferably stamped from a heavy grade of sheet metaland has the transversely spaced top rail supporting ledges or portions3, 3 extending throughout its length and integrally connected at theirinner edges by a V-shaped longitudinally extending trough portion 4.Each top portion 3 is provided at its outer edge with'a depending flange5, which preferably projects outward and downward on an incline and isof less depth than the trough portion 3. This construction provides atie which is especially strong and durable and is at the same time lightand inexpensive, and facilitates ballasting, the spaces between thetrough portion 4 and side flanges 5 being provided for such purbea full,clear, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

tie by a rail, a pair Patented June it, 1921. Serial no, 452,052. r

At each point of intended of wings or lips 6 are provided 111 opposedrelation at the top edges of the trough 4+; so that they project inwardover the trough, one toward the other, in the plane of the top portions8, 3. These wings, if the tie is of stamped sheet metal construction,are struck up from the respective side walls of the trough and in'widthare substantially the same as the rail base.

A clamping means cooperates with the wings 6 to firmly hold a railbase-to the tie, and in its present embodiment comprises a basemember 7,top member 8 and uniting bolt 9. The basemember 7 extends under a pairof wings 6, lengthwise of the tie and has one end turned up and inwardin hooked form to engage over an edge of the rail base. The top member 8is clamped to the other end of the base member 7 at a side of therailbase and has its inner edge portion extending upward and inward toengage over the adjacent edge of the rail base. The members 7 and 8 aresecured together in rail clamping relation by the bolt 9.

I wish it understood that my tie may be eithenstamped, rolled or cast,and is not limited to any specific construction, arm-Ingement or form ofthe parts, as it is capable of nin'nerous modifications and changeswithout departing from the spirit of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what- I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. A, railway tie having transversely spaced rail supporting portions, adepressed V-portion connecting the rail supporting portions. flangesdepending from the outer edges of the rail supporting portions, and awing projecting over the V-portion from the inner edge of .one of thetop portions.

2. A. railway tie having transversely spaced rail supporting portions, adepressed ti-por ion connecting the rail supporting portions, flangesdepending from the outer edges of the rail siuoporting portions, andopposed wings projecting inward over the V-portion from the inner edgesof the rail supporting portions in the plane therewith.

3. A railway tie of sheet metal construction having transversely spacedrail supporting portions, a connecting interposed trough portion, sideflanges depending from theouter edges of the top portions, and oposedwings ro ectino inward from the P J o inner edges of the top portions inposition to crossing of the trough portion, a wine;

underlie a crossing mil seid Wings being slit from the side walls of thetrough portion and bent upward therefrom.

' clamping means extending under the win and havingclamping-engngementwith the railhese.

5, Incombination, a tie of sheet metal construction having transverselyspaced rail the trough portion, a rall crossing the i316 overthe wing,and

' supporting portions, side depending portions and an intermediateconnecting trough portion, Wingsprojeeting in opposed relation from theedges of the top portionsover the trough portion, a I2L1l crossing thetie over the. Wings, and clamping means for extendin'g underthe WlIlQ'Sand tie.

signed my name to this specification. T

P B V R. VAN sioKLEL cooperating there-. with to engage and clamp therail base to the In testimony whereof, I have' liereunto

